Private equity investment in healthcare continues to grow considerably. This article provides thoughts, observations and insights on 15 investment niches. It also provides some initial thoughts on the market as a whole.

Here, we divide the article into three parts. First, there is a review of investment by private equity as a whole. Second, the article discusses the largest investment areas – for-profit hospitals and health systems, health information technology – EHR, laboratory business, medical devices and behavioral health. Third, it discusses 10 other areas including urgent care, dental practice management, ambulatory surgery centers, dermatology, care and case management, back office services for ACOs and population health, anesthesia practice management, revenue cycle management, pharmacy and pain management.